diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 64a64f6ba90d..e1cbe6e8bcae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 245
+SUBLEVEL = 246
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"